My expectations were very low for this book. I think I had heard that it was boring, drawn out, just not an exciting and passion inspiring read.

I can see why people think that. It’s almost 400 pages and there’s a lot of internal unsaid dialogue. I felt that way about her A Rogue By Any Other Name. But I didn’t feel that way about this book.

I took my time with this book and let it unfold with me. The beginning was a little confusing for me with trying to establish the bastards history without really saying too much to give away details. The character development, I felt was deep. This isn’t a book that’s action packed running here, this happens that happens...you are in their heads, you are feeling their feelings. Just over a hundred pages in I realized this book had wrapped its tendrils around my heart. I wanted to know what happens. Every second I wasn’t reading this book I was thinking about it. It held me and I wanted to know.

I thought this book got better and better as it went on. My heart hurt. I even cried. It was just, different. I loved her Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake and The Rogue Not Taken and this book has a different feel from that. It’s a slow burn. It’s a love story. It’s broken and real. It’s a broken hero that needs this heroine. Not that the previous titles weren’t like that, but this one was just, darker? I don’t really know how to describe it. I loved it though. I enjoyed the heroine overall. I loved the hero. It’s a lot in his perspective. I want to know what happens next. It’s not my favorite by her but it’s one that broke my heart and will be kept forever.